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Displaying services running that are in the context of SYSTEM privileges using the Windows command line

I have been trying to figure out how to put together a proper way of doing this but using findstr to try and match the output of the services running does not seem to be properly doing it. I have ...
ThatTotallyRealMyth's user avatar
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How can I execute "net start <service>" from SSH on a Windows Server 2016?

I installed an OpenSSH server on my Windows server. The new Windows "SSH server feature" did not appear at all (I tried it through the settings and the instructions form Microsoft to install it ...
Philipp's user avatar
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Windows 10 Service "Log On As" User Gives Error "Access Denied"

I am trying to start a service automatically but log on with a specific credential. Here is an example: The specific service does NOT matter, as the problem happens with any service, namely that I ...
Sarah Weinberger's user avatar
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"Permission Denied" when killing process

When I try to kill a specific process (avastUI.exe), I got "permission denied". Obviously, the current user is in the Administrator group. I'm not looking for a way to kill this process, I just want ...
Duke Nukem's user avatar
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1 answer
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Permissions required for an account to use a Windows Service

I want to know if there are any specific permissions required on an account to use a Windows Service. Note that I am not talking about starting and stopping a service, I am talking about the account ...
Matt Wilko's user avatar
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1 answer
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Why am I unable to operate on a Windows service or edit its registry entries despite me running as SYSTEM?

I am trying to change the startup type (from auto to disabled) of a Windows service (happens to be the ZoneAlarm vsmon service) on Windows 7. The program sets permissions on the service such that ...
Howiecamp's user avatar
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-1 votes
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Error installing service, cant access/edit security log? [closed]

I'm trying to install a proprietary service on a client machine and I continue to run into the same issue I've checked all the user permissions even though I'm on an admin account. I also checked ...
Pretzel's user avatar
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3 votes
2 answers
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Allowing only a specific service read/write access to a folder

Is there a way to prevent read and/or write access to a specific folder in Windows and grant only a specific service/process access to it? It seems that permissions are user-based and not service-...
galbarm's user avatar
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8 votes
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What are the minimum user permissions required to install a Windows service?

What are the minimum user permissions required to install a Windows service?
Heckflosse_230's user avatar